Was this information helpful? Yes No. Thank you! Any more feedback? The more you tell us the more we can help. Can you help us improve? Resolved my issue. Clear instructions. Easy to follow. No jargon. Pictures helped. Also, the article was from when few homes with networks that included a router to the internet As I said in my answer, 'you can envision a number of scenarios'.
They are not rules. Changed verbiage. However, even in , I think it's safe to say that most home networks were using a DHCP server of some kind. In fact, I can't think of a time in the past 15 years that I've had to have static IPs on a home network.
But, I'm just a majority of one. It's not useless when a computer newbie just wants to connect a few computers to a LAN. I have never seen a network using "automatic private IP" was in use. Instead it has always been an indicator that I do not have network connectivity for some reason.
So, it is normally useless, not always. I added more qualification to my answer — uSlackr. PeterFnet PeterFnet 1 1 silver badge 9 9 bronze badges. Sign up or log in Sign up using Google. Sign up using Facebook. Sign up using Email and Password. Post as a guest Name. Email Required, but never shown. The Overflow Blog. Stack Gives Back Safety in numbers: crowdsourcing data on nefarious IP addresses. Featured on Meta. New post summary designs on greatest hits now, everywhere else eventually. Linked 8.
Related 1. Hot Network Questions. Question feed. Select the Networking tab. On the General tab, click Obtain an IP address automatically. On the Alternate Configuration tab, click User configured. Symptons: When you try to change the Hosts file or the Lmhosts file, you may receive an error message that resembles either of the following. Notes: Make sure that the path and file name are correct. This issue occurs even though you log on by using an account that has administrative credentials.
Right-click on Notepad. Select Run as administrator. If you are prompted for an administrator password or for a confirmation, type the password, or click Allow.
Open the Hosts file or the Lmhosts file. Make the necessary changes Then select Save on the Edit menu. Note: You cannot modify the Hosts file or the Lmhosts file in Windows 7. Solution Tools.
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